Posted
by
CmdrTaco
on Monday April 18, 2005 @09:42AM
from the dude-you-overpaid-for-your-dell dept.

wyckedone writes "Dell Computers has no plans to offer the new dual-core AMD Opteron even though it has been proven that "Opteron's integrated memory controller and multiple Hypertransport interconnects help it outperform Intel's Xeon processor on many benchmarks, especially those that measure the performance of memory-intensive applications.". HP, IBM and Sun Microsystems have all announced that they are going to release servers based on the new AMD chip. Why not offer customers an alternative that has better performance instead of risking the lose of those customers to another vendor that does? Intel has no plans to release a dual-core Xeon until 2006."

I was agreeing with you until I saw I do like dell workstations and home PCs and laptops

Dell laptops are the worst brand of laptops you can buy. They break constantly. I go to school with 200 people who own a Dell laptop. Without fail, everyone I know with a Dell laptop has had very big problems.

Body: It Seems that Intel is up to their old tricks. Just when we all thought that Intel was beaten by the AMD Operton, they announce that there will be a another 3.5 Billion dollars poured into sales.

Amoungst the top supports we have Dell, Gateway, and IBM headlining the top 3 supporters of Intel Chips. HP and Compaq say "they offer both chip in their line of products to give the user the choice... Read more, Click Here.